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Little Ghost Project is an upcoming spooky modern 3D point and click adventure
27 Oct 2020 at 10:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

Guess I'm in, at least on the lowest tier.

I wonder if they're planning any voiceovers voice acting? The demo is silent and there's nothing I can find on the campaign page.

The absurd multiplayer dating sim Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp is out now
27 Oct 2020 at 8:35 pm UTC

Quoting: AnzaBut luckily there actually is Linux demo, so no need to buy the game blindly.
Oh demo! Fantastic!

I've always wanted to try the whole dating thing. Starting with monsters does seem less intimidating.

A reminder of some recent Linux game releases - October 2020 edition
27 Oct 2020 at 8:33 pm UTC

Quoting: NeoTheFoxI just finished the game, and I haven't encountered any bugs on the way, so jump in if you so please!
Most excellent news. Thank you!

Fedora 33 released with lots of improvements to the Linux desktop
27 Oct 2020 at 7:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ajgp
Quoting: Linuxer
This release also brings in an animated background
This is the most fascinating one for me! Thanks Red Hat & Fedora team!
Is this fromm Gnome 3.38? or does another package handle the animated background, am curiousabout doing this on my install.
Uhm.. GNOME have shipped with that feature for years. I'm guessing this is just Fedora shipping with one of them as the default for the first time?

Check the backgrounds in GNOME settings. The ones with a little clock in the corner changes.

Edit: This feature shipped in GNOME 3.4 [External Link], way back in 2012.

Facebook announces their own Cloud Gaming service
27 Oct 2020 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 5

Will it have Farmville? Asking for a friend.

A reminder of some recent Linux game releases - October 2020 edition
26 Oct 2020 at 6:12 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: NeoTheFoxAll rendering problems of Amnesia is solved by patch 1.0.4 for me on Mesa/AMD already. I also had to put this into the command:
MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.2COMPAT %command%
With this, it works without any issues, and I think I'm either halfway through or near the end right now.
No patch or update on GOG yet I'm sorry to say.

Do let us know if you're able to complete the game. My biggest fear* is a game breaking bug at the end of the game, fixed by a patch that breaks all previous saves.

* also spiders.

Developer of Hive Time reflects on the release and their pay what you want model
26 Oct 2020 at 11:19 am UTC Likes: 4

I will forever remember Hive Time as the first and only game I created a mod for. Yes, I'm a modder now!* In my hive, all the bees are named Eric and I love them semi-carnally [External Link]!

* I edited two json files, wooo!

Microsoft Edge now available on Linux in Preview
26 Oct 2020 at 9:28 am UTC Likes: 1

Try ScanTailor [External Link], it's not an all-in-one tool, it doesn't do scanning, OCR or PDF output. But it is excellent for doing the intermediary steps. Cropping, deskewing, prepping for OCR etc. in batch mode, with a GUI.

It's a little bit fiddly the first time around, but it has quickly become indispensable to me when it comes to wrangling scanned books and documents.

Another suggestion, for batch cropping with a GUI, or any other image edits on large sets of files. Try Darktable. It's primarily for RAW images, but does jpeg just as well.

The latest horror from Frictional Games with Amnesia: Rebirth is out now
23 Oct 2020 at 7:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: F.UltraNew patch today with a notice that the Linux bugs will be fixed in a later patch so they are working on it. Meanwhile whatever you do don't ever go into the steam discussion pages for this game, it's full of vile and ignorant people for some reason (didn't know that there existed such a large group of Frictional Games haters out there).
Good to know! I've been checking my GOG account once every hour or so, waiting for an update. Guess I have to be patient for a bit longer.

I honestly don't know what it is about the Steam forums? They seem to turn even the most placid person into an enraged asshole?